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Instructed by the Aiitiquaru times. 
He must, he is, he cannnt but be wise. 

—Shakespeare. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



Harford Historical Society; 



WITH 



SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY, 



LIST OF Members, Contributors, 



ETC., ETC. 



INCORPORATED 1886. 



Nescire prceterita, est esse semper puerum. 




1889. 



BALTIMORE. 

GUGOENHEIMER, WeIL & Co. 

1889. 



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Instructed Inj the Antiquary (^me^■, 
He must, he is, he cannot but be wise. 

—Shakespeare. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



- OF THE - 

Harford Historical Society; 

-WITH- ' / / S 

SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY, 
LIST OF MEMBERS, CONTRIBUTORS, 

ETC., ETC. 



INCORPORATED 188G. 



Nescire j)ra'terUa, est esse semper ptierum. 




1889. 



BALTIMORE. 

(JUfJGENHEIMER, WeIL ii Co. 
1889. 



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CONTENTS. 

Page. 

The Antiquary : MoTTo, 5 

officers and standing (committees, 6 

Introduction, 7 

vSketch of The History of The Harford Historical vSociety, 8 

Constitution and By-L,aws, 15 

Titles of papers read, with names of Authors, .... 25 

Plan for Genealogical Records, 31 

Cash Contributions to Printing, 35 

Names of Active, Corr?:sponding and Honorary Members, 36 



•Js bf tubo pioneers tlje marc!) o£ bistorp; 

6xl)umc6 tl)e rrltcci of lonciburtcli lore; 

^atljcrs np scrips ani) satus ; lost pclittrrees, 

JFounti bp tl)e blazon of tl)e armorial sbtcID ; 

■ialactt-IettereU parchments, coins, boolis, olli anti quaint; 

5I5iiiIls, tiecis, anU faallatjs, tuaifs of olUen time, 

^Dearer tban oracle from Delpbi's steep, 

<©r ^ifapUinc leases rescued from tl)r sport of tuinUs; 

9lnli as tiK explorer of Dilubian rocfe, 

(IHnPeils etients in Bistant ajjes passrU, 

^0 be, tbe tieep foundation laps on fact; 

JFor like tbc signal on tbe mountain top, 

Jact points tlje map alone to Crutb ; 

Cbence tbe btstonan Iirams bis ricb supplies, 

31nli pictures scenes of life tbat litje foceper." 



OFFICERS 

OF THE 

HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY 

^ iFoxa leea— 'ss. 



Pf-esideui—'DK. W. STump Forwood, 
Vice-President— '^P,\_ ;gi5 A. Colburn, 
Secretary— V . W. Baker, 
Treasurer — N. M. Nock, 
Librarian— V'^ . Beatty Harlan. 



/. Committee on Library Records and Genealogical Materials of the 
County : 

Benjamin vSilyer, Sr., Chairman, 
Dr. Benjamin Smith, 
Henry C. Hall. 



//. Committee on the Natural History of tlie County : 

W. Beatty Harlan, Chairman, 
Dr. Geo. W. Archer, 
James McCurdy. 



///. Committee on the Political and General History of the People of 
the Coutity : 

Charles W. Michael, Chairman, 
Dr. Geo. W. Archer, 
A. Finney Galbreath. 



IJ^. Committee on Honorary Membership : 

N. N. Nock, Chairman, 
Geo. Y. Maynadier, 
WiLLARD G. Rouse. 



V. Committee on Publications : 



F. W. Baker, Chairman, 
Rev. Kd. a. Colburn, 
Albert P. Silver. 



VL. Committee for Inviting Speakers: 

Dr. W. Stump Forwood, Chairman. 
W. Beatty Harlan, 
A. P. Silver. 



Harford Historical Society. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



This publication of the Constitution, Bj'-Laws, etc., of the 
Society, in pamphlet form, designed for the convenience of the 
members, and for the information of others, has been delayed 
nearly four years after the organization of the Society in conse- 
quence of the scarcity of funds in its treasury. And, as there 
appeare'd no more encouraging prospect for the Society's supply 
of funds in the immediate future, the undersigned, impelled by 
his interest in the cause of local history, and especially by his 
desire to promote the objects of the Hcwford Historical Society, 
ventured to appeal to the generosity of a few of his public- 
spirited friends — members and non-members of the Society — 
for contributions towards defraying the necessary expenses 
incurred in printing the present pamphlet. It is to the liberality 
of these friends, hereafter to be named, that the Society owes 
this, its initial publication. We are under special obligations to 
those contributors who are not linked by membership to the 
interests of the Society, and have thus, disinterestedly, promoted 
its welfare. We trust that they, will live to realize that they 
have builded more wisely than they knew ; and that the bread, 
thus cast upon the waters, will return to them, with multiplied 
blessings, iu after days ! 



HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 



With this preliminar}' statement in relation to our publication 
we now proceed, at the solicitation of several friends, and in 
deference to the claims of history, to present the following 



Sketch of the History of the Harford Historical Society. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the Maryland Historical Society 
was organized so far back as the year 1844, yet in the period of 
the forty years following, its active membership was strictly 
confined to the city of Baltimore. At the end of this period it 
was finally determined, upon the suggestion of a few of its lead- 
ing members, to secure the adoption of measures designed for 
interesting the citizens residing in other parts of the State in 
the objects of the Society ; and especially for the establishment 
of auxiliary Historical Societies in the counties. 

The first decided step towards rendering practical the views 
long entertained and expressed by several of the members, was 
the action of the State Society upon a resolution introduced by 
the Rev. Geo. A. I^eakin, of Baltimore, on April 13, 1885, 
"recommending," in the words of Mr. Leakin in a private letter 
to a mutual friend, "similar societies in each county; and 
vShortly after a communication appeared in the ^-Egis, published 
in Bel Air, urging the recommendation. This was probably 
written by Mr. Hughes, who was deeply interested in the 
movement." 

Mr. Leakin's inference that the letter referred to above was 
written by Mr. John S. Hughes, is, we have the best authority 
for saying, correct. The introduction of this resolution resulted 
in the appointment of a committee of four of the most active 
and zealous members, who were instructed by the resolution to 
issue a circular letter, to be published throughout the State, 
calling earnestly upon the citizens of the various counties to 
organize local Historical Societies, and offering the committee's 
sasistauce, if desired, to aid in effecting that object. 



SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY. 9 

This circular was published in Harford county in July, 1885, 
and contained the following appeal : 

' ' We earnestly favor the formation of Historical Societies in 
the counties wherever practicable, thus realizing our title, ' Tlie 
Maryland Historical Society ; ' a large part of Maryland having 
been settled one hundred years before Baltimore-Town on the 
Patapsco." 

The committee appointed for this purpose, and whose names 
were appended to the published circular, was : 

Rev. Geo. A. IvEAkin, Chairman, 
Saml. a. Hakrison, Esq., 
Lewis H. Steiner, M. D., 
Edward Stabler, Jr., Esq. 

Our 3-oung friend, John Silver Hughes, above referred to in 
Mr. L,eakin's letter, a native of Harford County, though at that 
time temporaril}^ residing in the cit}'' of Baltimore, and an active 
member of the State Historical Society, entered, with all the 
ardor of buoyant youth and natural bent of mind, into the spirit 
and purpose of organizing a society for the development and 
preservation of the history of his native county. 

This preliminar}' action of the State Society had been coun- 
seled and aided by his untiring efforts ; and at his own request 
the committee authorized him to act in conjunction with them- 
selves in their work of organizing an Historical Societ}^ in Har- 
ford County. In this action was realized, as he himself has ex- 
pressed it, the warmest desire of his heart ; and although so 
youthful — scarcely twenty years — his zeal and acquirements had 
far out-stripped his age in developing his love for historical 
studies, especially those pertaining to genealogical research. 

The first intimation that the present writer had that actual 
steps were then contemplated for the organization of a County 
Historical Society in Harford was conveyed in the following 

letter: 

"60 East Baltimore Street. 

•'BALTIMORE, Aug. 6. 1885. 
" My Dear Sir : — Doubtless Mr. A. F. Galbreath [our fellow townsman,] 
has already spoken to you about the proposed County Historical Society. 
"The committee appointedby the Maryland Historical Society wish to 



lO HARFORD HISTOTICAL SOCIETY. 

meet in Bel Air in the last part of the present month, a few of the 
prominent gentlemen of the connty, and wish to know if you will make 
one of the few. 

"An early, and a favorable reply is desired. 

''Respectfully yours, John S. HughES. 

"ToW. Stump Forwood, M. D., Darlington. Md." 



Though not personally acquainted with Mr. Hughes at that 
time, we replied that we were much interested in our local his- 
tory, and anxiously desired the establishment of an Historical 
Society, and would unite with the committee's proposed action, 
provided that a sufficient ntimber of competent persons should 
join in active and earnest efforts to render the object — that of 
initiating and maintaining such a society — operative and effective. 

To this letter, in which we also asked for information as to 
his authority, etc., Mr. Hughes replied as follows : 



"60 East Baltimore Street, 

"Baltimore, August 22, 18.S5. 
" PJy D\ir Dr. Fjrzcjod: — I received your letter someda5'S since, but 
postponed answering it until the daie of the primary meeting for the 
organization of a Harford County Historical Society had been determ- 
ined upon. I am now able to inform you that the meeting will be held 
in Bel Air, on September 2d., about 10 o'clock A. M. 

" As to my a^MoriYj/ in the premises, I atn acting under the instructions 
of the Chairman of the Committee appointed by the Maryland Histori- 
cal Society. 

" Hoping that you will find it convenient to be present at this meeting, 
I remain j-ours, very respectfully, 

"John Silver Hughes." 



We attended this meeting of the "few" who had been in- 
vited by Mr. Hughes to consider the feasibility of establishing 
a County Historical Society. The Chairman of the State 
Society Committee for organization of societies in the counties, 
the Rev. Geo. A. L,eakin, of Baltimore, being present, accom- 
panied by Mr. Hughes. 

The proceedings of this meeting, together with the names of 
those present, were published in the Bel Air .Egis and Intel- 



SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY. II 

ligcnccr, of which Mr. F. W. Baker is the publisher and pro- 
prietor, in the following report, under date of September 4, 1885 : 

" A County Historical Society. 

" A meeting of persons interested in organizing an historical society 
in Harford County, was held at the office of Mr. vS. G. Davis, in Bel Air, 
on Wednesday, September 2. There were present, Rev. George A. 
Leakin, of Baltimore, representing the Maryland Historical Society ; 
Rev. Dr. Wm. F. Brand, Dr. W. Stump Forwood, Messrs. Benjamin 
vSilver, Sr., Charles W. Michael, John Moores, A. Finney Galbreath, 
Noble L. Mitchell, Albert P. Silver, S. G. Davis, Jr., John S. Hughes, 
and F. W. Baker. 

" Rev. Mr. Leakin stated the object of the meeting to be to carry into 
effect the resolution of the Maryland Historical vSociety regarding the 
formation of adjunct societies in the various counties of the State." 

Mr. Deakin verj- pleasantly referred to the historical riches of Harford 
County and of its present changed and highly improved appearance in 
comparison with that presented when he, as a youth, fifty years ago, 
passed through the county on his way to West Nottingham Academy, 
in Cecil County. 

"The improvement now shown," added the speaker, " is wonderful, 
and in the next fifty years, he did not doubt, it would be as great as in 
the last fifty years." 

After his preliminary remarks, Mr. Leakin referred to the 
action of the State Historical Society, in its efforts to interest 
the counties, and read the report of the committee, of which he 
was the chairman, that had been appointed to aid in organizing 
such societies ; and which report was published in full in the 
Aigis and Intelligencer oi September 4, 1885. 

Mr. Baker's report of this preliminary meeting then proceeds 
as follows : 

" The meeting was organized [subsequent to the foregoing introduc- 
tory remarks of Mr. Leakin], by calling Dr. W. Stump Forwood to the 
chair, with Mr. Noble L. Mitchell, Vice-president, and Mr. Charles W. 
Michael, vSecretary. 

"The following Committee on Permanent Organization was then ap- 
pointed, one from each district in the county : 

" Dr. W. Stump Forwood, Chairman. 
"John S. Hughes, " Benjamin Silver, Sr., 

"F. W. Baker, "Noble L. Mitchell, 

"A.Finney Galbreath, "A. Yosbury. 

'"The committee afterwards met and issued a call for a meeting for 
a permanent organization, to be held in the Court-house, on vSaturday 
September 26, 1885, at 11 o'clock A. M." 



12 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

We quote below the account of the next important step in the 
history of the Harford Historical Society from the columns of 
the yEgis and Intelligencer, of Bel Air, under date of October 
2, 1885: 

"A meeting was held in Bel Air on Saturday. September 26th, for the 
purpose of permanently organizing an Historical Society in Harford 
County. Dr. W. Stump Forwood, chairman of the preliminary meeting, 
held in Bel Air, September 2, presided, with Mr. J. S. Hughes, secretary. 

"Dr. Forwood explained the objects of the Society to be 'the collec- 
tion, preservation and diffusion of knowledge, civil, military, literary 
and biographical, and the collection of all historical facts upon every 
subject, and of every character usually recorded in local history, that 
may be connected, or identified with the past and present history of the 
county itself, which our organization is especially designed to secure 
and record for the generations of the future.' 

"A Constitution and By-Laws, prepared by the committee, of which 
Dr. Forwood was Chairman, were read and adopted." 

In this noble work, now fairly launched upon the tide of State 
enterprise, Harford County is entitled to the honor of having 
taken the initiative in organizing the first County Historical 
Society in the State of Maryland — a Society which we sincerely 
hope will live, flourish, and bear abundant fruit through many 
coming generations. 

Two months later, December 29, iS<S5, the "Ann Arundel 
Historical Society" was organized with an able corps of col- 
laborators at the great central depository of State historical col- 
lection.s, Annapolis, where our Sister Society, from its proximity 
to the files of the State records — ^from the advent of the first 
Lord Baltimore to the present day — enjoys exceptional oppor- 
tunities from the substantial aid afforded to workers in all de- 
partments of State and Coimty history. 

To our younger historical sister — the name-sake of lovely 
Lady Ann Arundel,— 1\).q. Harford Historical Society extends its 
warmest greeting, and sincere wishes for her unbounded success 
in unfolding, and chronicling for the instruction of all the gene- 
rations of the future, the true history of County Ann Arundel 
and its ever interesting, and ever charming '' Ancie?it City ! " 



SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY 



Iv'ENVOY. 

Thus, in the fulhiess of time, two hundred and eighty years 
after Capt. John Smith had discovered our county, while explor- 
ing the shores of the Chesapeake Bay, a Society has been 
founded for treasuring and maintaining in an available form the 
past histor}^ of Harford in all those years, as well as for record- 
ing, in language ever faithful to Truth, the events that shall 
occur in her future. 

Primarily, for the authoritative suggestion for the organiza- 
tion of a County Historical Society, we are indebted to the 
active members of the MarylcDid Historical Society, especially 
to Rev Geo. A. Leakin ; but he to whom belongs the credit 
for the final execution of these suggestions — the actual estab- 
lishment of the Harford Historical Society, and through whose 
unremitting labor and personal application to citizens of influ- 
ence throughout the county — who were in sympathy with his- 
torical studies— communicating to them a portion of his own 
earnestness of purpose, and enthusiasm of spirit in the work to 
which the chief energies and desires of his life were devoted, 
and to whose persevering efforts the very existence of our 
Society is due, is our much-deserving, and honored young friend, 
John Silver Hughes. 

The early efforts of Mr. Hughes were ably seconded by the 
experienced counsel of Mr. Frederick W. Baker, and through 
the publication of everything of interest on the subject in 
the columns of his excellent newspaper, the ^Egis and 
Intelligencer ; and since its organization, the Society has 
been largely and especially indebted for valuable historical con- 
tributions to the zealous efforts, and pen of our able fellow- 
member, Dr. Geo. W. Archek. 

The names of the numerous other contributors, and the titles 
of their papers, will be found on succeeding pages of the 
present publication. 

To the other newspapers of the county, in addition to the 
^gis and Intelligoicer, already mentioned, viz. : The Harford 
Democrat, Bel Air Times, and Havre de Grace Republican, the 



14 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Societ)' has been much indebted for good work done in aid of 
its efforts, through the publication of fair reports of its proceed- 
ings, thus extending the information and instruction to their 
readers, and awakening a more general interest in historical 
studies, — for which assistance the press must ever be our chief 
help and hand-maid. 

Trusting that this modest introductory volume of the Harford 
Historical Society may be followed in the future b}^ many others 
illustrative of the County's history, we ask the indulgence of the 
Clitics for what may appear to be imperfections ; though, we 
hope, not errors of statement in this, our unpretentious work. 

W. Stump Forwood, M. D., President. 
Darlington, Md., March j8, j88q. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



OF The 



HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER 26, 1885. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE \.—Name and Location. 

The name of this organization shall be "The Harford 
Historical Society," of Harford County, Maryland, and its 
location for the annual meetings, and for all others, except when 
changed by the vote of the majority present, shall be at Bel Air, 
the county-town of the said county. 

ARTICLE II. — Object. 

The object of this Society shall be the collection, preservation 
and diffusion of knowledge — civil, military, literary and bio- 
graphical — and for the collection of all historical facts upon every 
subject, and of every character usually recorded in local history, 
that may be in connection, or identified with the past and pres- 
ent history of Harford county, and, incidentall}-, with the State 
of Maryland ; including the history of the agricultural and 
industrial growth and development of its resources ; its geologi- 
cal and botanical productions ; and especially for the collectioi>. 
and preservation of family records — the genealogical history 
of the earliest settlers in the county, and of their descendants — 
whose probity and intelligence, and whose industry in the 
various avenues of life, either as successful workers of the soil, 
or as honored students, practitioners, and authors in the pursuits 



1 6 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

of science, medicine, law and literature, have given character — 
political, social and scientific — to the county of Harford. 

ARTICLE HI. —Membership. 

This Society shall consist of active, corresponding, and hon- 
orar}' members, male and female. 

Active members shall consist of residents of Harford County, 
Maryland. — [See amendment.] 

Corresponding members shall consist of citizens of this State, 
residing beyond the limits of Harford County, and of persons 
residing elsewhere, who may be elected by the Societ}^ as such. 

Honorary members shall consist of persons distinguished for 
their literary or scientific attainments — particularly in the depart- 
ment of history — throughout the world. 

ARTICLE l\. — Officers. 

The officers of this Societ}' shall consist of a President, Vice- 
President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian, who shall be 
elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the Society, from the 
class defined in Article III as Active Members ; and shall retain 
their respective offices until their successors shall be elected. 

Should a vacanc}^ occur in any of these offices, b}^ death, resig- 
nation, removal or otherwise, it may be filled by ballot of the 
members present at the quarterly meetings provided for in the 
next Article. 

In addition to the afore-named, there shall also be elected an- 
nually a committee of three on Library, Records, and Genealog- 
ical materials of the County. 

A committee of three on the Natural History of the county. 

A committee of three on the Political or General History of 
the people and County. 

A committee of three on Honorarj^ Membership, and 

A committee of three on Publications, the duties of which 
committees are hereafter set forth and defined in the By-Law^s of 
this Society. 

All annual elections of officers, and of committees, shall be 
made by ballot after viva voce nominations; and in all cases 
without the intervention of a nominating committee. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 17 

ARTICIvE \.— The Meetings of t lie Society. 

The annual meetings of this Societ}- shall be held at Bel Air 
on the fourth Saturday of October, and meetings shall be held 
for the ordinary transactions and purposes of the Society at such 
places as may be agreed upon at the previous meeting, on the 
fourth Saturdays of January, April and July, at the hour of ii 
o'clock A. M. 

In order to become an Active member of this Society, the 
name of the party applying, or proposed therefor, must be given 
in writing to the Secretary at the meeting previous to the one at 
which he or she is to be balloted for — the application to be 
accompanied with the advance annual fee of two dollars. 

Corresponding members will be admitted in the same manner, 
without the payment of any fee. Three negative votes shall ex- 
clude the candidate from membership. Those who participate 
in the organization, and pay the initiation fee of two dollars^ 
become members without the formality of a vote. 

In order to become an Honorary member of the Society, the 
name of the party must be proposed at a regular meeting by the 
Committee on Honorary Membership. 

All active members shall pay an annual subscription of two 
dollars, due on the fourth Saturday of October, in each year, in 
advance. And no one shall be deemed an active member, or 
receive a diploma, until he or she has signed the register of 
members, or accepted his or her appointment as member in 
writing. 

The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, or the 
Secretary shall have the power to call special meetings, on the 
requisition of five active members, and the object of the meeting 
shall be stated by the secretary, in his notices to the members. 

The quorum for a special meeting shall con.sist of at least five 
members. 

ARTICLE \l.— The Revenues of the Society. 

The proceeds of the annual subscriptions to the Harford His- 
orical Society, shall be set apart, after the payment of the 
necessary expenses of the institution, for the increase of the 
library, historical collections and publications. 



l8 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIKTV. 

ARTICLE Yll.—Amcudwcnts. 

This constitution may be amended from time to time, as the 
Society shall deem proper. The proposed amendment shall be 
presented in writing at a regular meeting of the Society, and 
shall lie over for consideration and action until the next succeed- 
ing regular meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



T. The President, or in his absence, the Vice-President, or in 
their absence, a member to be elected President /r^ /r;;/, shall 
preside at all of the meetings of this Socict}'. Seven members 
of the Societ}' shall constitute a quorum at a quarterly meeting: 
and at the annual meeting, those of the members who are present 
shall constitute a quorum. 

The duty of the President, or presiding officer, shall be to pre- 
serve order, regulate the order of the proceedings, which shall 
be conducted according to the general rules of parliamentary 
usage and give the casting vote when required. 

II. The Secretary shall keep a full, clear and comprehensive 
record of the transactions of all meetings of this Societ}-, and at 
the opening of each of them, shall read those of the preceding 
meeting ; he shall have the custody of the constitution, by-laws 
and records ; shall give due notice, bj^ mail, to each member, of 
the time and place of all of the Society's meetings ; and he shall 
keep in strongly bound books, provided for the purpose, a neat 
and accurate record of all the orders and proceedings of the 
Society, and properly index them. He shall conduct the corres- 
pondence of the Societ}- ; he shall preserve in a suitable book, 
and regularly index the originals of all communications addressed 
to the Society, and keep a copy of all his letters in books 
indexed. 

It shall moreover be his duty to read to the Society the corre- 
spondence which he has carried on since the last meeting. 

He shall likewise present all the documents, essays, coUec- 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 19 

tions and contributions, of whatever nature, that he has received 
since the last meeting. 

He shall also prepare and furnish for publication in the news- 
papers, an accurate summary of the transactions of the Society 
at each of its meetings. 

He shall have full power to employ an assistant Secretary 
whenever, in his judgment, aid shall be required for the proper 
fulfillment of the duties of his office. 

in. The Treasurer shall receive, and keep deposited in bank, 
to the credit of the Society, all donations and bequests of money, 
and all other cash receipts belonging to the Society. He shall 
pay all such sums as ma}' be due b}- the Society, when indorsed 
by the President, and countersigned by the Secretary. He shall 
keep a faithful account of all moneys received and paid by him, 
and once in every year, at the annual meeting, render a particu- 
lar statement of the san\e to the Society, which shall appoint a 
committee of three members to audit, and report on his accounts 
to the next quarterly meeting. 

IV. The Librarian shall preserve, arrange, and keep in good 
order, all books, manuscripts, documents, pamphlets, papers 
and contributions of every kind to the library of the Society. 
He shall keep a catalogue of the same, and take especial care 
that no J/SS., newspapers — either in single sheets or bound in 
volumes — documents, objects or papers of the Societ}-, pertain- 
ing to the library, confided to his keeping, be, under any pretext, 
or by the permission or authority of any officer, removed, or 
taken from the Society's rooms. He shall be furnished with a 
book in which to record and index all donations and bequests of 
whatever nature, relating to his department, with the name of 
the donor, and the time when bestowed. He shall carefully 
number the books, AISS., and collections, and mark them with 
the title of this Society, and the name of the donor, or depositor. 
He shall cause to be made, and regularly continued, an al])habet- 
ical index, by author, suliject and title, of all papers that have 
been, or maybe read before the Society, and make an annual re- 
port, at the October meeting, of the number of volumes, pamph- 
lets, etc., received l)y the Society. The Librarian shall also have 



20 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIKTY. 

under his charge, and keep in good order, all coins, medals, arti- 
cles of virtu, curiosities, and other similar mattters. He shall 
prepare, and continue, an accurate catalogue of the same, keep 
them properly arranged and displayed in suitable cases, or other- 
wise, as may be directed by the Society. 

V. Thk Committee of Three on the Library, elected by 
ballot, at the annual meeting, to serve until the election of their 
successors, shall, with the Librarian, provide suitable shelves, 
cases, and fixtures, by which to arrange and display the books, 
manuscripts, and collections of the Society. 

The Librarian shall keep a " Pamphlet Catalogue," on which 
to enter each pamphlet when received, under its appropriate 
class, and to affix on the title page a number in the regular 
sequence of its reception. 

Pamphlets shall be classified according to subjects — not alpha- 
betically. 

MSS. shall be kept by the Librarian in portfolios, and cata- 
logued with proper references to their subjects. 

All purchases of books shall be made only by the Library 
Committee. 

No maps, manuscripts, drawings, engravings, or works of art 
shall be loaned to any person to be taken from the rooms of the 
Society. 

The President, Vice-President and Library Committee may 
exercise a sound discretion in refusing to authorize the loan of 
any books, which, by reason of their value, rarity, or any other 
cause, they may deem unsuitable to be loaned, to be taken from 
the rooms of the Society. 

It will become highly important in the accomplishment of one 
of the chief objects of the Society, for this committee to devote 
special attention to securing, and to the preservation of old rec- 
ords, diaries, account books, letters, and the genealogical mate- 
rials connected with the citizens of Harford county, and to have 
copies made of church, parish, and other local records that may 
serve to interest, and benefit the members of the Society, and the 
general public. 

It is also desirable, for the public good, that the Society be 
made the custodian of old and rare books, papers and MSS., now 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 21 

in the possession of families who do not wish to yield their 
ownership, to be held by the Society, at the pleasure of their 
owners, for the benefit of students of history, and others; and all 
books and papers so deposited with the Historical Society, but 
not the property thereof, shall be strictly held in trust, and not 
be loaned to any person. 

VI. In regard to the dues of members, any failure on the part 
of a member, after due notice for six months by the Treasurer, 
to pay his or her dues, shall be considered a forfeiture of mem- 
bership, and no person who has thus lost his, or her membership, 
shall be readmitted without the strict payment of all arrears. 

VII. All vacancies occurring during the Society's year in 
committees by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by 
the other members of the committee, 

VIII. In event of the dissolution of the Harford Historical 
Societ3^ at any period, the books, collections, documents and all 
objects of interest presented to, or deposited with the Society, 
shall be returned to their original owners, or depositors, or to their 
representatives. And if neither original owners, depositors nor 
their lawful representatives are to be found, then the said books, 
documents or objects shall be presented to the Mar3dand Histor- 
ical Society; and the books and documents that have been pur- 
chased by the common fund of the Society, shall be as equitably 
as possible distributed among its members, or their legal repre- 
sentatives. And further, the Librarian shall cause a label to be 
engraved, which shall be placed in every book, document or 
other object belonging to the Society, upon which label it shall 
be his duty to write the name of the donor, or depositor. 

IX. Alt. Papers, either original or translated, read before the 
Society by members thereof, shall be the property of the Society, 
and the author shall not have the privilege of publishing his oi 
her papers, as having been read before the Society, without hav- 
ing first obtained the formal consent of the same. 

X. All motions to print an address, or other papers read be- 
fore the Society, shall be referred to the Publication Committee 
for consideration, and their report shall be made at the next 
regular meeting. 



2 2 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

XL The Committee of Publication shall make suggestions 
to the Society from time to time, with reference to the publication 
of such papers as, in their judgment, should be published by the 
Society, and shall have the care, direction and supervision of 
the publication of all papers which the Society may direct to be 
published, and they shall at no time exceed in their expenditure 
for publication the amount which shall be in the Treasurer's 
hands to the credit of the Publication Fund. All bills incurred 
and audited by them for such publication of papers, shall be 
paid by the Treasurer out of the Publication Fund in his hands. 

XII. All Corresponding Members, removing to,, and residing 
in the County of Harford for a longer period than six months, 
shall, on paying the usual annual fee, be entitled to all privileges 
of active members, and thenceforth be considered as such, so 
long as they continue to reside in Harford County. 

XIII. In order to secure the proper care and preservation of 
such pul)lications as this Society may make hereafter, their dis- 
tribution will be made exclusively under the supervision of the 
President and the Committee of Publication, as follows : 

1. One copy of each current publication shall be given to 
each member of the Society who has paid his or her annual sub- 
scription for the year in which it shall be i.ssued. 

2. One cop3' to each Historical or other Societ}^ in regular 
corresi)ondence and exchange with this Society at present, or 
which shall hereafter regularl}^ correspond with it and exchange 
publications. 

3. Tlie author of each publication, who may desire to have 
them, shall be entitled to fifty copies of the same, to be de- 
livered at one time, and receipted for by him. 

4. Coi)ies to such person, or persons as the Society, by special 
vote, may direct to be furnished with them. 

5. The Committee on Publication shall affix a selling price 
to each issue of the Society's publication, and is authorixed to 
sell all the copies that may be in their possession for sale, of any 
such publication at the price so fixed, the revenue therefrom to 
go to the credit of the Publication Fund, or to exchange any of 
that number for the increase of the Society's library. 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 23 

6. The custody of, and responsibility for all these publica- 
tions shall be in the Ivibrarian of the Society, under the direction 
of the President and Committee of Publication. The Librarian 
shall keep, in a special publication book, a minute of the num- 
ber of copies of each publication, as received and as distributed, 
and 3'early, viz.: on the fourth Saturday of October, shall make 
a written report to the Society of receipts and distributions, and 
the number of copies of each publication on hand, and shall allow 
no copy or copies to pass from his possession except in confor- 
mity with this By-Iyaw. 

7. Corresponding members, who shall pay the annual sum of 
two dollars, shall be entitled to receive the publications of the 
Society for the year to which such payment applies. 

XIV. The Corporate Seal of the Harford Historical Society 
shall be in the custody of the Secretary of the Society, and affixed 
to official acts only, by the vote of the Society, or when accom- 
panied by the signature of the President. 



ORDER OF BUSINESS AT OUARTERLY MEETINGS. 



I. The minutes of the previous meeting to be read by the Sec- 
retary, and approved. 

II. Announcement of donations, deposits, etc., for the Library, 
Cabinet, and Miscellaneous Collections. 

III. Names of Candidates for Honorary, Corresponding and 
Active membership, proposed. 

lY. Election of members proposed at previous meeting. 
Y. Reports of Committees and Correspondence. 
YI. Miscellaneous business. 
YII. Addresses, etc. 



24 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 



Annual reports : 

I. Secretary. 

II. Committee on Natural Histor}- of the county. 

III. Committee on the Library, Records and Genealogical 
matters of the count}'. 

IV. Treasurer. 

V. Committee on the General, and Political History of the 
county. 

VI. Committee on Publications. 

VII. Election of Officers. 

VIII. President. 



AMHDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. 



I. Amendment, on motion of Mr. John S. Hughes, to provide 
for the annual election of a Standing Committee of three, of 
which the President shall be the chairman, whose duty it shall 
be to provide speakers for addressing the meetings. 

II. Amended, April 17, 1886, on motion Hon. Herman Stump, 
who proposed that former residents, and the immediate descend- 
ants of the former residents of the County, now residing elsewhere, 
shall be eligible for active membership. 

III. An amendment was adopted, on motion of Rev. Edward 
A. Colburn, providing that the regular quarterly meetings of the 
Society shall be held on the foiirtJi Saturdays of October, Jaiui- 
ary, April and July, instead of the third Saturday.s,, as originally 
appointed. 

IV. Amended by providing that the day and hour of any reg- 
ular meeting of the Society may be changed by the vote of the 
majority of those present at the previous regular meeting. 



TITLES OF THE PAPERS 

READ BEFORE THE HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY FROM 
THE DAY OF ITS ORGANIZATON TO THE DATE OF THE 
PRESENT PUBLICATION, WITH THE NAMES OF THEIR 
AUTHORS; TOGETHER WITH ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTER- 
EST IN THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. 



1885. 
Sept 26. At the meeting for organization held in Bel Air, on Sat- 
urday, September 26. 1885, Dr. H. B. Adams, Ph. D., 
Prof, in the Johns Hopkins University, read a paper 
entitled: '' jfoppa and St. yolm's Parish.''^ 

At the same meeting, Rev. Geo. A. Leakin, of Balti- 
more, addressed the Societ}' with words of encouragement, 
and spoke of the importance of preserving a County's his- 
tory; concluding by congratulating Harford upon being 
the first County in the vState to organize an Historical 
Society. 
1885. 
Dec. 5. Rev. John G. Morris, D. D., read a paper entitled : 

" The Lords Baltiviojr,'' at a special meeting held at 
Havre de Grace. At the same meeting, 

Dr. Geo. W. Archer presented a paper upon the, 
' ' Capture of Havre de Grace by the British in 18 13 , and the 
Barbarities Committed by them on that Occasion.'" In the 
absence of the author, the paper was read by the Presi- 
dent, Dr. Forwood. 

Col. Robert S. Rodgers, also read a paper, at the 
same meeting, entitled : ' ' Some Incidents of the Capture 
of Havre de Grace in 1813." 
1886. 
Jan. 16. CoL. Herman Stump gave an extended, and highly 
interesting verbal statement of what was called during the 
late civil war, " The Conowingo Warf — the resident 



2^' HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

iS86. militia, of which he was the commander, having been 
anthori2;ed by the State authorities to burn the Conowingo 
bridge, if necessary for preventing the invasion of undis- 
ciplined northern troops. A synopsis of which was pub- 
lished in the ".Egis and Intelligencer,"' January 22, 1886. 

Apl- 17- Dr. W. Stump Forwood read a paper entitled : 
' ' Sketches of the Early Histoij of Harford County. ' ' Pub- 
lished in the ''Havre de Grace Republican, April jo, 1886. 
At the same meeting, Dr. Forwood also read a paper 
entitled: ''Passage of Gen. Lafayette tJirongh Harford 
County, in 178 1, with Ins Anny.'" Published m The Bel 
Air Times, December 2, 1887. 

The following-named committee was appointed at this 
meeting to have the Society incorporated by the Circuit 
Court of Harford County, viz. : 

Dr. W. Stump Forwood. Pres't. , 

Benjamin Silver, Sr., 

W. Beatty Harlan, 

Geo. Y. IMaynadier, 

Charles W. Michael, 

F. W. Baker— 
Comprising the chairman of the Society,, and the chair- 
man of each of the five standing committees, elected 
each year, to serve as directors. 

1SS6. 
July 17. John Silver Hughes, read a paper entitled : — 
''The Uties of Spesutie," an important contribution to the 
genealogical history of many of the leading families now 
residing in Harford County ^ — extending back to the year 
1656. 

Dr. George W. Archek read a paper entitled : 
"Items of Local History.'' — He referred particularly to 
the hero of Havre de Grace, John O'Niel ; giving an 
account of the presentation of a sword by some apprecia- 
tive gentlemen in Philadelphia, in commemoration of his 
bravery in the defence of Havre de Grace against the 
invasion of the British in 181^. 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 27 

1886. 

Aiig.i6. Rev. Geo. A. Leakin, of Baltimore, read a paper be- 
fore a special meeting of the Society, held at Darlington, 
entitled: ''The Antecedents of Baltimore Town in Cecil, 
Harford, and Baltimore Counties.'^ 

Oct. 16. Wm. Cabele Bruce, Esq., of Baltimore, read a paper 
before the regular meeting, at Bel Air, entitled : " The 
Duel in the United States." 

Col. Robert S. Rodgers, read a paper entitled : 
" The Capttire of Wasliington, August 24, 18 14.''' 

Albert P. Silver, Esq., presented to the Society 
numerous copies of eleven of the twelve newspapers that 
have been published in Harford County, with remarks 
upon portions of their contents. 

1887. 
Jau. 15. Dr. W. Stump Forwood presented the first installment 
of "■The Chezv Family Papers,'' some of them 200 years 
old, with remarks — afterwards published in full in The 
Bel Air Times, March 2, 1S87. 

Daniel R. Randall, Esq., of Annapolis, read a paper 
entitled: ''Roads, and Methods of Travel.'' 

Dr. Geo. W. Archer read an elaborate sketch of 
" The Elder Stumps of Harford and Cecil Counties." 

Apl. 16. Rev. Robert H. Williams, D. D., of Annapolis, de- 
livered an address entitled : " The Puritan Colony loho 
Came to Maryland in 164^ : ivho laere they ? and what 
became of them ?" 

Dr. Geo. W. Archer, read, '' A Compilation of Ori- 
ginal Confederate Military Papers," brought away b}- him 
on the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga., by the Confederate 
army, September ist, 1S64, including orders, letters, etc., 
from many of the Confederate generals. 

May 31. Dr. \V. Stump Forwood read a ''Memoir of the Elder 
Booth," before a special meeting of the Society held at 
Darlington. Extracts were published in the Baltimore 
Daily Sun, June i, 1887. 



28 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

1887. 

May3i. Gen. Bradeey T- JohNvSON, of Baltimore, read a paper 
entitled: " The Battle of the Severn,'"' which was fought 
near Annapolis, in 1652, 

July 16. Dr. Geo. \V. Archer read a paper entitled : " Thomas 
Cresap, anel the Border Troubles betwceji Maryland and 
Pennsylva}iia, from 1730 to 1737.'" 

Luther M. Gorsuch, Esq., read a paper entitled : 
'' Reminiseenees of Harford County Sixty Years Ago.'" 

David K. Harlan, P^so., read a paper entitled: 
' ' TJie Yellowstone National Park, and my visit to it. ' ' 

James McCurdy, Esq., read a paper entitled : "•Outline 
of the Geological Structure, and Mi^ieral Deposits of North- 
ern Harford," Published in The Bel Air Times, Nov- 
ember, 23, 1888. 

Oct. 22. Dr. Geo. W. Archer read a paper entitled : ''Glean- 
ings of the Spirit of the County Press in Harford, 1822 — 
1832." Extracts from which were published in the ^--Egis 
and Intelligencer, October 28, 1887. 

A. F. Galbreath, Esq., the Principal of Darlington 
Academy, offered resolutions, which were unanimously 
adopted, expressive of the loss sustained by the Society 
in the removal from the County, to Minneapolis, Minn., of 
our fellow-member, John Silver Hughes; and commend- 
ing him to the confidence of the strangers with whom he 
has cast his lot. Published in The Bel Air Times, Oct- 
ober, 28, 1887. 

1888. 
Jail. 28. Geo. \Y. Hensel, Esq., of Quarry ville, Pa., presented 

a paper entitled : Reminiscences of Harford Cou7ity, from 

1828.'' — Read in the absence of the author, b}- W. Beatty 

Harlan, Esq. Published in t\\Q: Harford Democrat, V&h- 

ruary 3, 1888, 

Dr. W. Stump Forwood, President, presented the sec- 
ond installment of the ^"Chezv Family Papers f — one or 
two of them dating back 200 years — with descriptive re- 
marks. Published in The Bel Air Times, March iG, 1S88. 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 29 

1888. Dr. Geo. W. Archer read a valuable paper on '^Michael 
Cresap, the Pioneer Patriot,''^ in which he completel}^ vin- 
dicated his memory from the charge of being the instiga. 
tor, and the author of the massacre of the faniilj^ of the 
Indian Chief, lyOgan. 

Apl. 28. Col. Samuel Forwood, of Gosport, Alabama, pre- 
sented a paper entitled: ''An Autobiographical Sketch: 
Recollectionsof Harford County ;'' which, in the absence of 
the author, was read by his son. Dr. Forwood, the Presi- 
dent. Published in the Harford Democrat, May 11, 
1888. 

Rev. Edward A. Colburn, of Trinity Church, Church- 
ville, Harford Co., Md., read a paper entitled : ''Mason 
and Dixon' s Line.'' Published in Bel Air Times. 

Apl. 28. Albert P. Silver, Esq., read, "An Historical Sketch 
of Lapidum.'' An exhaustive paper of historical value, 
extending over a period of 224 }'ears ; the land upon 
which the village of Lapidum stands having been "taken 
up,'' by Thomas Griffith, in the year 1665 ; and by him 
was named, " Eightritpp.'' or "Eyctrapp.'' 

Dr. Geo. W. Archer, read -' Extracts from old Har- 
ford Neivspapers, — and presented to the Society the papers 
from which the extracts were taken. 

H. Mortimer Bye, Esq., presented to the vSociety an 
"Account of the Green Serpentine Marble Quarries in 
Northern Harford f read by A. F. Galbreath. Esq., in the 
absence of the author. Published in The Bel Air Times, 
July 6. 1888. 

July 28. Dr. W. Stump Forwood, President, read a paper en- 
titled : ''A Fraternal Visit to the Ann Arundel Historical 
Society, on jfidy 2, 7c5'5'c5'.''— Before which Society he 
read a Synopsis of his Memoir of Junius Brutus Booth. 
Published in the Harford Democrat, August 31, 1888. 



30 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

1888. 

Nov. 24. Dr. Geo. W. Archer read a paper entitled: " 77/t' 
Site of Old yoppa," — the first house of which was built 
in 1 71 2 ; the town being laid out in 1724. 

Daniel R. Randall, Esq., of Annapolis, presented a 
brief paper entitled: ''Ann Arunde/." — Giving the 
proper orthography of the name " Ann," in that of Lady 
Ann Arundel, for whom the County was named, and 
which has been corrupted into " Anne." 

In the absence of the author, the paper was read by 
the President, Dr. Forwood, and afterwards, December 
28, 1888, was published in T/ie Bel Air Times. 

1889. 
Jan. 26. Dr. Geo. W. Archer, read a paper entitled: " The 

Great Seal of Maryland.'' — A humorous paper, sug- 
gested b}' an amusing letter which was recently written 
by Mr. Edward T. Dickey, of Indianapolis, Ind., to Hon. 
Stevenson Archer, State Treasurer of Maryland. Mr. 
Dicke}^ being the holder of a 50 cent note issued by the 
State of Maryland in the year 1770, payable in London, 
he nov,- facetiously demands its payment, with interest 
from date. Dr. Archer's reply for the Treasurer is in 
like vein, full of witty expressions and historical refer- 
ences. 



PLAN FOR GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. 



Regarding, as we do, the collection of Genealogies as one of 
the most important features of a County Historical Society — con- 
stituting the personal history of the people themselves — it be- 
comes a matter of prime importance to all interested, that there 
should be adopted some simple, easily-understood, and at the 
same time uniform plan for registering the family records. "We 
are not familiar with any genealogical plan that appears to 
possess greater advantages than that adopted by the periodical 
called The Nezv England Historical and Genealogical Register, 
and which is known as the " Register Plan/' 

It has been in operation in that journal for a period of eighteen 
or twenty years, and has proved eminently satisfactory; there- 
fore, this plan is hereby recommended as the guide for all who 
contemplate the preparation of extended genealogical records for 
the Harford Historical Society. 

The individual family record of each member of the Society, 
to be prepared immediately after his or her election, is ex- 
pected to be filled out in accordance with the suggestions con- 
tained in the printed blanks furnished by the Societ}-. 

The obvious merits of the Register Plan, as explained by that 
journal, are: 

"i. It avoids all unnecessary figures. More than enough of 
these adds greatly to the cost of printing, confuses the reader, 
and mars the page. Consecutive numbers have no advantage, 
except as aids to reference; hence no consecutive number is 
placed against a name which is not subsequently taken up as the 
head of a family. Figures used as exponents, as jfoJin'^ , are 
employed but once with the same name. 

"2. The personal history of each individual is given in con- 
nection with his appearance as the head of a family. If any 



32 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

name is not subsequently taken up as the head of a famil^^. then 
his or hev history is given when the name first occurs. 

"3. Historical matter is ])rinted in large type, and the names 
of children in small type. This economizes space, and assists 
the eye in reading."' 

The foregoing explanation is copied from the Register. It 
is believed that the " plan '" will be better understood by the 
following additional explanations : the large Arabic numerals 
1,2, 3, etc., placed before the name, are not used to designate 
the order of succession, as would at first sight be suggested to 
the reader, but to indicate that the individual will be subse- 
quently referred to, in connection with the same figure, as the head 
of a family. 

The Roman numerals, i, ii, iii, etc., indicate the number, 
and the order of succession of the descendants of each head of 
family; and 'Ca^ small Arabic figures, immediately after and above 
the baptismal name, technically termed " exponents '" in Alge- 
bra, show the number of i\\e. generation, from the beginning of 
the record, to which the individual belongs; thus avoiding am- 
biguity in those instances, which frequently occur, where the 
same name is repeated in several generations. Thus: Reuben' 
(William,' Richard') describes Reuben as being the son of 
William, who was the son of the first Richard. 

The letters b, m. d, are used respectively for birth, marriage 
and death. 

With the view of tracing, and preserving the family connection 
as remotely as possible, our friend, Henry W. Archer, Ksq., of 
Baltimore, has introduced the plan of placing the maiden name 
of the first maternal ancestor known in brackets. Thus: [Scott] 
was the maiden name of Avarilla Durbin, as will be seen in the 
examples which follow. 

We now proceed to exhibit the practical application of the 
" Register Plan," as used in connection with an old Maryland 
family — the Perkins family. 

For this record of the Perkins family, prepared to illustrate 
the "plan " adopted, we are indebted to our friend and relative, 
Albert P. Silver, Esq., who is also one of the most active mem- 
bers of the Ifarford Historical Society. 



PLAN OF GENEAI^OGICAL RECORDS. 33 

1. Richard' Terkins, the progenitor of the familj^ in Harford County, 
Maryhind, is first found at the head of Mosquito Creek, in Balti- 
more (now Harford) County in the year 1683. He was a cooper by 
trade, but is subsequently styled a "Planter." Thomas Light- 
foot, deputy surveyor, laid out for him, December 15, 1683, a tract 
of land containing 100 acres, called " Perkinson," lying upon the 
head of a creek called ' ' Musketa Creek." He removed after 1692, 
to the head of Swan Creek. 

In 1004 he took up a tract of land on Swan Creek, called Para- 
dise, containing 400 acres, which he sold October 18, 1605, to 
Robert Mason. In 1700, we tind him in possession of about 300 
acres upon the Susquehanna river, at the place now called Lapi- 
dum, to which he added 180 acres by purchase— all of which de- 
scended to his three sons; and was patented by them in 1732, 

under the name of " Eightrupp." He married Mary , and 

died upon Swan Creek in 1705. 

His widow married second, John Belsher, March 16, 1706; and 
died February 20, 1735. There was a William Perkins, who was 
probably his brother, who married Martha iNIiles, February 3, 
170f , and died January 8, 1706. 

We have been unable to trace any connection between this 
family and the large Perkins family in New England. 

The children of Richard and Mary Perkins were: 

3. i. KiCHAKD,^ b. at Head of Mosquito Creek, July 9, 1(589. 

0. ii. William, 2 b. at Head of Mosijuito Creek, March 15, 1693 ; m. Elizabeth . 

iii. Mary,- b. at Head of Swan Creek, April 3, 1695. 

1. iv. Elisha,^ 1). at Head of Swan Creek, Jvnie 9, 1697; m. tirst, Margaret Sherwill ;* 

m. second Margery . 

V. Sar.^h,- b. at Head of Swan Creek, December .5, 1699/0; d. December 27. 1699/0. 
vi. Martha,- b. at Head of Swan Creek, March 31, 1701. 

2. Richard- Perkins {Richard^) was born at the Head of Mosquito Creek, 

in Baltimore, now Harford County, Maryland, July 9, 1689. He 
settled upon the Susquehanna, near Lapidum, before 1732. He 

married first, ; second, Mary ISherwill, daughter of 

Wm. Sherwill, senior. By his first, wife , he had one son. 

i. KiCHARD,3 b. December 18, 1713; m. Elizabeth Cutchen, January 5, 1735 ; and 
probably removed from the county before 1737. They had at least one 
son: 
1. Robert Big-gan,'' b. March 16, 1736. 

By his second wife, Mary, he had : 

ii. Uen.iamin,^ b. January 6, 1733. 
iii. Mary, ■' b. Det;eml)er 1, 1739. 
iv. AvENTEN,^ b. March 33, 1743. 

3. William- Perkins {Richard^) was born at the Head of Mosquito Creek, 

March 15. 1692, and settled upon the Susquehanna river, near 
Lapidum, about the year 1732, and operated the ferry at that 
place, which was known as "Perkins' Ferry," and there died 

about 1760. He married Elizabeth , wlio survived him. 

Tlieir children were: 

i. JoHN,3b.Julyl3 ,1717. 

ii. Mary,^ b. June 17, 1730. 

5. iii. Reuben.3 b. Felniiary 13, 1731 3; ni, tirst Avarilla Durbin; m. .second Sarah — . 

iv. EHZABETH,3 1). Scpt('llll)cr:iO, 1736. 

V. Isabella, = b. Oct(il)ei;ili, 1738; ni .Wm. Perry. 

\i. Stei'hen John, "■ b. January 9, 17:50; d. February 18, 17;i5. 

\ii. KAcnEL,M). at "Perkins' Ferry," March 13, 1735; m. Henry Stump. 

viii. William, '■> b. ; d. September, 17;«). 

i.v. Margaret, » b. at " Perkins' Ferry," December 14, 1739. 



*Afterwards spelled Sherrill. 



34 HARFORD HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

4. Eli.siia- VERKiNniRichard^) was born at the Head of Swan Creek, June 

II, 1697. He owned land near Lapidum, and obtained a patent 
December 3, 1719, for a tract called " Elisha's Lot," containing 50 
acres, situated on the Susquehanna river, in what is now York 
County, Pennsylvania, which he sold January 29, 1721, to John 
Cooper, who 'was the first settler wei>t of the Susquehanna, icithin the 
limits of York County. Ue removed before October 23, 1739, to 
Orange County, Virginia; and died about 1740. 

He married first, Margaret Sherrill, December 1, 1718, by whom 
he had : 

i. Elizabeth, - b. NovemluT is, ITl'.i. Hi'iii.,'M. Margery ; by whom 

he had: 
ii. Elisha, ■■ b. August 31, 173J. 

5. Reuben'' Perkins (TFz7toTO,- liicharcP) was born February 12,1724. 

■ He resided at Perkins' Ferry; was proprietor of the ferry; built 
a grist-mill on Herring Run, and was also engaged in farming. 

He removed about 1772, to Ten-Mile Creek, Pa. He married 
1st., November 5, 1748, Avarilla Durbin, daughter of John and 
Avarilla [Scott] Durbin, who was b. August 22, 1733. He married 
second, Sarah . By his wife, Avarilla, he had: 

H ANNAH,^ b. December ti, 17411 ; m. Caiit. Benjamin Fleetwood. 

William,' b. July 10, 1T.5™'; in. Jane . 

Rachel, J b. March ~'0, 1755; m. Capt. Richard Soward. 
Elizabeth, ' b. April 13, 17.57. 
Richard, ' b. August 14, 1759. 



Cash Contributors to the Printino- of this Pamphlet. 



Tlie publication of the present pamphlet has been accomplished 
independently of aid asked of, or rendered by the treasury of the 
Society; and entirely from funds contributed by the following- 
named appreciative, and pul)lic-spirited citizens — all of whom now 
are, or formerly were, residents of Harford County; and to whose 
unostentatious liberality (for they did not expect to see their 
names in ''print,") the thanks of the Society are due, and are 
hereby extended: 

HON. HUGH J. JEWETT, of Glenville, Harford County. A very liberal 
contributor, 
John Silver Hughes, Esq., now of Minneapolis, Minn. 
David E. Thomas, Esq., Darlington, Harford County. 
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rogers, Baltimore. 
Col. a. Boyd, Philadelphia. 

David Harlan, M. D., U. S. N., Churchville, Harford County, 
W. Beaty Harlan, Esq., Churchville, Harford County, 
Henry C. Hall, Esq., Michaelsville, Harford County, 
David E. Price, Esq., Darlington, Harford County, 
Jeremiah P. Silver, Esq., Glenville, Harford County, 
F. W. Baker, Bel Air, Harford County, 
Benjamin Silver, Sr., Glenville, Harford County, 
A. F. Galbreath, Darlington, Harford County, 
Albert P. Silver, (ilenville, Harford County, 
William Stump Forwood, M. D., Darlington, 'Sid. 



Names of Active Members. 



[All of Harford County, except where otherwise stated. 

1. Benjamin Silver, Sr., Glenville, Md., 

2. AViLLiAM Stump Forwood, M. D., Darlington, ]\Id., 

3. Fkedekick W. Baker, Bel Air, Md., 

4. Edward M. Allen, Darlington, Md., 

5. Alex. Finney (talbreath, Darlington, ]Md., 

6. Rev. Wm. F. Brand, S. T. D., Emmorton, Md., 

7. Albert P. Silver, (ilenville, ]Md., 

8. Rev. Edw.vrd A. C'olburn, Churchville, Md., 

9. N. N. Nock, Bel Air, Md., 

10. Noble L. Mitchell, Bel Air, Md., 

11. William Beatty Harlan, Chnrchville, Md., 

12. Septimus G. Davis, Bel Air, Md., 

1:5. John Silver Hughes, removed to Minneapolis, Minn., 

14. George W. Archer, M. D., Emmorton, Md., 

15. James McCurdv, Prospect, Md., 

16. Charles W. Michael, Ferryman, Md., 

17. Henry C. Hall, Michaelsville, Md., 

18. (rEORGE Y. Maynadier, Bel Air, Md., 

19. Rev. James B. Craighill, Bel Air, Md., 

20. Jefferson Dallam, Bel Air, Md., 

21. Joseph M. Street, Bel Air, Md., 

22. W. T. L. Taliaferro, Bel Air, Md., 

23. WiLLARD G. Rouse, Bel Air, Md., 

24. Robert W. Euhank, Havre de Grace, Md., 

25. Hon. Herman Stump, Bel Air, Md., 

26. Col. Robert T. Rodgers, Havre de (trace, Md., 

27. Hon. James D. Watters, Bel Air, Md., i 

28. Henry Wilson Archer, Baltimore. Md., 

29. A. J. Levering,* Fallston, Md., 

30. Col. Edwin H. Webster, Bel Air, Md., 

31. Mrs. Elizabeth M. R()(;ers, Baltimore, 3Id., 

32. Rev. J. Harry Chkslev, Perryman, Md., 

33. William S. Keech, Towson, Baltimore Connty, I\Id., 

34. P. Leslie Hopper, Havre de Grace, Md., 

35. J. L. Griffith Lee, Bel Air, Md., 

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36. Capt. Charles A. Connkr, Havre de Grace, Md., 

37. Frank E. Gorrell, Bel Air, Md., 

38. William S. McCombs, Havre de Grace, Md., 

39. Richard I). Lee, M. D., Bel Air, Md., 

40. Rev. Edward W. Wroth, Darlington, Md., 

41. Dr. Benjamin Smith, dentist, Bel Air, Md., 

42. Christopher Wilson, Darlington, Md., 

43. Mrs. Christopher Wilson, Darlington, Md., 

44. D.JlNiel F. Shure, Shure's Landing, Md., 

45. CoRTAULD Wharton Smith, Darlington, Md., 

46. Caleb J. Moore, Fallston, Md., 

47. George L. Scott, Darlington, Md., 

48. Samuel AV. Bradford, Bel Air, Md., 
4!). B. Gilpin Smith, Darlington, Md., 

50. William S. Osborn, Bel Air, Md., 

51. F. Penrose Smith, Norrisville, Md., 

52. Isaac S. Warren, Bel Air, Md., 

53. Rev. David Bruce Fitzgerald, Darlington, Md., 

54. David Hari.ax, M. D., U. S. N., Churchville, Aid. 

55. David E. Thomas, Darlington, Md., 

56. Jeremiah P. Silver, Glenville Md. 



Correspondino- Members. 



1. Prof. H. B. Ad.\ms, of Jolins Hopkins University, 

2. Rev. George C. Stokes, of Baltimore Connty, 

3. Hon. Frederick Stu.mp, Perryville, Cecil (Jounty, Md., 

4. Prof. Richard T. Ely, Ph. D., of .lolins Hopkins University, 

5. Rev. John G. Morris, Baltimore, 

6. Frederick W. Story, Baltimore, 

7. Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, Baltimore, 

8. K. A. Brock, Secretary Virginia Historical Society, 
i>. Saml'el Evans, Columbia, Pa., 

10. Miss Annie Willoighby, Pliiladelpliia, Pa., 
n. lion. Hidii J. Jkwett, Glenville, Md. 



[oiiorarv .Member 



1. Dr. ('hp.istopiiei; Johnston, Jr., Baltimore, 

2. Richard B. McCoy, Diil)lin, Md., 

3. Dr. John IJ. Qui nan, Ualtimore. 



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